Kachari

XAC

threatened

Alternate Names: Cachari, Plains Kachari

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Sal
Bodo-Garo-Northern Naga
Bodo-Koch
Bodo-Garo
Bodo

Demographics: 59,000 (IMA 1997).

Language Use: Some ethnic Kachari speak it as L1. Most speak Assamese [asm] as L1. Rapidly assimilating to Bengali [ben] or Assamese [asm] (Van Driem 2007). Also use Assamese [asm].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 81% in Assam (2001 census).

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe.